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As Kerala prepares for the 2026 Assembly elections, the BJP-led NDA has emerged as an unavoidable third front, focusing on Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram districts where it has tasted recent electoral success.

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00:12this narrative of trying to pitch Keralam against the government of India by the CPM
00:18and the Congress no no no but we are Keralam and they are not Keralam is an utter nonsensical
00:24proposition if the objective of the CPM and the Congress is to somehow paint BJP is anti Keralam
00:31I want to break the bad news to them is not working so in today's episode our focus will be
00:44on two
00:45districts where the BJP has managed to taste electoral success in recent times one the place
00:51where I'm right now standing Trishoor the other in Tiruvannathapuram where I'm currently standing
00:55the BJP led NDA has grown into this unavoidable third front in Kerala politics so what is this
01:01story for 2026 assembly elections we consider this as a very important inflection point for
01:08the future of Kerala that this is an opportunity for the people to change the direction of our
01:15state from this bipolar controversy-ridden politics of the Congress and the CPM to a much more
01:24development oriented politics and vision of the NDA
01:28behind the
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01:54I am a BJP and I am a BJP and I am a BJP.
02:09I am a BJP and I am a BJP.
02:27I am a BJP and I am a BJP.
02:46So do you really have a certain targets of seats that you're targeting for the assembly elections this time?
02:52We never compete or prepare or fight elections based on a pre-set target.
02:58And the logic is very simple.
02:59It is not like we are doing traditional politics like Congress and the CPM where they calculate their chances of
03:07victory based on vote banks.
03:09Our message is a development message, a message is about a future, a better future, prosperity message that cuts through
03:15and appeals to every Malayali.
03:17You know we've seen in Bengal how BJP first was not in the picture then became the principal opposition.
03:22Is that the route that BJP is looking in care of?
03:25I don't necessarily believe that's the route.
03:27In Tripura we were never opposition, we went from zero to governance.
03:30In Orissa Congress was the principal opposition and BJP and India went straight into governance.
03:37So the days of all these putting BJP and India in a corner, typecasting them as communal, making people think
03:48that we are untouchable, those are all over.
03:50You will love to compete with us.
03:52Do you have a group of BJP corporations?
03:55Yes, I think it's a little bit of a group of BJP.
04:00They are not allowed to get a seat.
04:03They are not allowed to get a seat.
04:03They are not allowed to get a seat.
04:05Political understanding of all these people.
04:09I think that you are happy to say BJP.
04:13They are doing great things.
04:16It's not a party.
04:17They are not allowed to get a seat.
04:19They are not allowed to get a seat.
04:24Do you have a group of BJP corporations?
04:27I will be there.
04:31I will be there.
04:33I will be there.
04:33I will be here.
04:35I will be here.
04:37I will be here.
04:39I will be here.
04:40I will be here.
04:43And as Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji
04:46once mentioned during his public speech in Trivandam.
04:49He said that those who were in power changed.
04:52But the ecosystem didn't change.
04:56And ultimately the people suffered due to that.
04:59Because we see the whole country progressing so fast.
05:02Even the neighboring states.
05:04In every aspect.
05:06So all these things have now made the people think again about an alternative.
05:13And I feel that the Thirvanandapuram win is the kickstart.
05:19Because people now feel that BJP can win.
05:45One of the biggest victories that's been discussed across the country.
05:48Not just in Kerala as a Thirvanandapuram corporation victory.
05:54Two months into the BJP taking power in the Thirvanandapuram corporation.
05:57What is the response like?
05:58We are getting more support from the general public day by day.
06:02And I think that the result of the corporation will be definitely reflected in the coming days in Kerala politics
06:09also.
06:09Also do you think like the urban voters have shown that support for BJP consistently.
06:14And that is where the BJP's focus.
06:16Atting Hill parliamentary constituency.
06:18Yes I think that the 99% of the Atting Hill parliamentary constituency is village area.
06:23I am also coming from that rural area.
06:26And there also we failed in the margin of only 15,000 votes.
06:31Manjacharam is a totally a rural area.
06:33Manjacharam K. Suryodhan failed the margin of 84 votes also.
06:37So not the urban people.
06:39I can say one thing definitely is that BJP will be a major factor in the coming assembly election and
06:47the inside the assembly.
06:48The Pinray Vision for the last assembly elections made a statement that BJP has one account, we will close it.
06:53Manjacharam K. Suryodhan – Dm. 151 – 153 votes.
06:59Manjacharam K. Suryodhan – 152 votes.
07:02Manjacharam K. Suryodhan – 153 votes.
07:04Manjacharam K. Suryodhan – 153 votes.
07:05Manjacharam K. Suryodhan – 163 votes.
07:08But we closed his account in Trevandrum Corporation, we closed his accounts in many wards, many CPM leaders are joining
07:15us, so don't worry about, he doesn't have to worry about anybody's account being closing, he should worry about the
07:20Exalogic accounts, he should worry about the Shabrimala 4.5 kilo account, he should worry about many accounts that are
07:27going to catch up with him.
07:40The headline went like, BJP makes history in Tharoor's bastions, so how do you rate BJP's growth in Tiruvannantapuram in
07:47particular?
07:47To be honest, I had been warning about it throughout the year, because they had done their homework, they were
07:54out there knocking on doors, we were slow to name our candidates, and I will say that the 45 years
08:01of LDF misrule of Tiruvannantapuram really deserved a reaction from the voting public.
08:08What are you saying?
08:10Yes, yes.
08:11As far as BJP's, between 16 children, they are not looking for swathina, they are getting in front of them
08:20and they are getting in front of them.
08:21There is a corporation in the BJP.
08:25We don't have to talk about BJP.
08:28We have one seat at the RSS.
08:33We have to take the vote to the BJP.
08:37We have to take the vote to the BJP.
08:38We have to take the vote to the BJP.
08:40We have to take the vote to the BJP.
08:49We have to take the vote to the parliament.
08:52We have to take the vote to the BJP.
08:56We have to take the vote to the BJP.
08:58It was important to tell the left that they have taken this city for granted for too long.
09:04So to that degree, I don't think it's a surprise.
09:06But if you look at the rest of the state,
09:09the BJP actually lost 50,000 votes in the local self-government election.
09:12So you can't portray it as a victory for the BJP everywhere.
09:17It is a specific reflection of the realities of Thiruvananthapuramada.
09:40Do you see them as a formidable, you know, emerging as a formidable opposition at least in the next ten
09:45years or something?
09:46The parliament election they got one seat only because Suresh Gobi is a film actor.
09:51He got one seat and he has been working there for the last five years when he lost the 19
09:57election.
09:57And he got a sympathy and he is a film star.
10:00He won the election and the CPM helped him also.
10:04There was an unholy nexus between the CPM and BJP there.
10:08But after that parliament election, the last local board election,
10:14they have reduced their own share.
10:15I don't think that they will get a single seat here.
10:50But because of the爸爸's passing, they have a solid seat because they have a huge seat for the BJP.
10:59So you have a big seat in the country?
11:01Do you call them as a friend of the BJP?
11:03He's a talented guy.
11:03He's a wolder guy named and he's always working there.
11:05I have no reason for them, but he's not working.
11:08Thank you for the BJP.
11:22Thank you for joining us.
11:38What do you think about LDF-Nano and UDF-Nano and BJP?
11:44I am very proud of you.
11:47We are here today.
11:49We are here to support this project.
11:52We are here to support this project.
11:55We are here to support this project.
11:55How do you think about BJP's performance?
11:59In the local body, BJP has been working on the project.
12:02The project has been working on the project.
12:05We are here to support this project.
12:07We are here to support this project.
12:09I believe that the project is coming from the project.
12:16What are you thinking about BJP?
12:21What are you thinking about BJP?
12:22I am thinking about BJP's performance.
12:24I am thinking about BJP's performance.
12:28What do you think about BJP?
12:29I'm the member of the MPN. I was advise you to get the rightá out of all these people.
12:38I'd like to advise you to get the rightá out of all these companies.
12:40Why are you now?
12:42I'm really stressed.
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21:54So, with that, we are coming to the closure of our show.
21:57We have travelled to almost 60 constituencies in across 6 districts.
22:02And let me tell you, Kerala has seen multiple elections in the past.
22:05But this is the most fought out election.
22:08I will tell you this because for all the three fronts, this is a do or die battle.
22:12If the LDF loses, they will be left with no state in India to govern.
22:16For the Congress led UDF, if they lose one more election in Kerala,
22:19the dynamics in the party is going to change with big changes and big names might leave also.
22:24For the NDA, they have never had such a favourable situation in Kerala before for electoral politics.
22:29So, whose way it is going, it is unpredictable.
22:32But I can guarantee you that this is going to the most fought out election
22:35that the state of Kerala has ever witnessed.
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